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What is the physical geography of modern Italy?

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The Alps cross the top, the Apennine mountains run north to south, and it has a mild climate, rich soil, and large flat plains

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How did Romes location affect the city?

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The Tiber River gave it fresh water and transportation where pirates couldn’t attack. The two hills it was built with on protected it

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Rome’s culture

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Believed to have come from the Latins. Tended herds and crops on Rome’s hill

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Greek’s culture

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Around 750-500 B.C, they started building colonies in Italy. Taught the Romans to grow olives and grapes. Romans used the alphabet, Greek sculptures, and other art forms

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Etruscan’s culture

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Came around 800 B.C and conquered Rome in 650 B.C. Taught romans about building roads, temples, streets, and public squares, and showed them togas and taught them to make their army effective

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Republic

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A form of government where leaders are leaders

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Legion

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A small group of Roman soldiers

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What happened in 509 B.C?

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Romans rebelled against Etruscan leaders and became a republic

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What made the Roman army strong?

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They divided army into legions and built military towns in conquered areas and they were connected with roads

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How did the Romans treat allies and conquered people?

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Let some conquered people become citizens, and the allies could run towns but had to pay taxes

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Patrician

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A member of the ruling class

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Plebeian

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Ordinary citizen

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Consul

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Head of a government for one year

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Veto

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To reject or say no

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Praetor

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Government official who interprets the law and services as a judge

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Tribune

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An elected official who serves to protect the right of plebeians

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Dictator

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A ruler with total control over a country

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Civic duty

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The idea that that people have the duty to help their country

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Who are Consuls?

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Two top government leaders who serve for one year

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What are Consuls jobs?

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One headed the army and the other headed the government

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Consuls-Other

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Consuls could veto each other’s decisions

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Who was the Senate?

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300 patrician men who served for life

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What was the Senate’s job?

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Passed laws and directed building programs

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Senate-Other

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Plebeians eventually demanded equal rights

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Who was the Assembly of Centuries?

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Patricians

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What was the Assembly of Centuries’ job?

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Made laws and elected Consuls and praetors

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Who were Praetors?

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Judges

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What were the Praetors jobs?

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They interpret laws

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Praetors-Other

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Could lead armies and help lead the government

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Who was Cincinnatus?

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A farmer who was loyal to Rome. He was a dictator in 460 B.C. He fathered an army and defeated the enemy. Then he went back to his farm

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How were dictators used in early Rome?

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They were elected by the Senate in an emergency and when the emergency ended the dictator quit

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Why did the plebeians go on strike in 494 B.C?

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They wanted equal rights and refused to join army. Some set up their own governments

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How did the strike end?

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In 474 B.C the Plebeians were given the right to create council of Plebs and elect Tribunes

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How did the government change in 287 B.C?

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Council of Plebs could pass laws for all Romans

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Twelve Tables

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They were the first code of laws written down that were based on the idea all citizens should be treated equally and they were only for citizens in 451 B.C

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Law of Nations

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When Rome conquered more people they made laws for non citizens

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Rule of Law

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No one is above the law

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How did Marius change the Roman military?

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In 107 B.C he became consul and payed the poor to serve as soldiers and promised to give them land

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How did generals become powerful?

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Soldiers were now loyal to generals and not Rome

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Who was General Sulla?

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In 82 B.C he forced their generals out of Rome and became dictator

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What problems did plebeian farmers have after the Punic Wars?

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By 100 B.C plebeian farmers were in army and couldn’t work or farm and Hannibal destroyed the farms

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What were latifundia and how did they affect plebeian farmers?

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They were large farming estates owned by patricians with enslaved Carthaginians working on them with cheaper crops than the plebeians

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What did the plebeian farmers do when they lost their farms?

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Farmers sold farms and went to work in cities

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What was a triumvirate?

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3 leaders who share power

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Who were the members of the first triumvirate?

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Julius Caesar-Gaul
Pompey-Spain
Crassus-Syria

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Why did the senators want Caesar to give up his army?

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Caesar was a popular hero to the working class

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How did Caesar become a dictator?

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Caesar disobeyed Senate and led soldiers into Italy and drove out Pompey and Caesar became dictator for 1 year

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What changes did Caesar make?

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Named himself dictator for life and freed men and started colonies

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Who were the members of the Second Triumvirate?

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Octavian, Anthony, and Lepidus, Octavian made Lepidus retire and Octavian took west and Anthony took east

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Why did Octavian declare war on Anthony?

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Octavian thought Anthony and Cleopatra wanted to take over Rome

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How did the war end?

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Octavian crushed Anthony and Cleopatra so the couple killed themselves

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Why did Cicero support Octavian?

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Cicero thought Octavian would rebuild the Roman Republic

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What happened when Octavian rose to power?

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He thought the Republic was to weak to solve Rome’s problems so he decided to keep the power

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What did Augustus (Octavian) do once he came to power?

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Took control of the Mediterranean and ended the fighting there

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How did he strengthen the empire?

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Made a professional army and Praetorian guard emperor and set natural boundaries to protect empire and gave grain to the poor from Africa

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What changes did he make in the government?

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Appointed a proconsul for each province inspected the proconsuls work and changed tax laws and made tax collectors government workers

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Pax Romana

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A long period of peace in Rome

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Proconsul

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Roman governor

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Who was Tiberius?

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Relative of Augustus and he ruled well after Augustus

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Who was Caligula?

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He was cruel and had people killed, wasted money, and made his horse a consul. One of his guards killed him

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